Iowans won’t have much time to stow away the champagne glasses, funny hats and noisemakers from New Year’s Eve parties before it’s time to get out the campaign signs, funny hats and noisemakers for precinct caucuses. Once again, Iowans will go from ringing in the New ...

DES MOINES – Social and evangelical conservatives within Iowa’s Republican Party have not ordained a clear standard-bearer heading into Saturday’s straw poll in Ames, but leaders within the powerful voting bloc are not ruling out a surprise in Ames given that a lot of unmeasured ...

DES MOINES -- Iowans this month are getting a sneak preview of the 2012 presidential campaign with Republicans hammering President Obama in the run up to Saturday’s Ames straw poll and the president and his Democratic surrogates trying to counter the negative GOP messages being ...

Plans are being made for the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fall event, which will be a 2012 presidential candidate forum featuring all the qualified candidates seeking nomination of their political party. The Iowa Energy Forum will sponsor the event, set for Oct. 22 from 6 ...

WEST DES MOINES  – The  Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition has invited  the top names being floated as potential 2012 Republican presidential nominees to participate in a forum March 7. The  event will shape up to be the largest gathering of pro-family, values ...